Night Swimming

Night Swimming

Steph Bowe is back. Night Swimming is a love story with a twist, and a whole lot of heart. Imagine being the only two seventeen-year-olds in a small town. That's life for Kirby Arrow-named after the most dissenting judge in Australia's history-and her best friend Clancy Lee, would-be musical star. Clancy wants nothing more than to leave town and head for the big smoke, but Kirby is worried: her family has a history of leaving. She hasn't heard from her father since he left when she was a baby. Shouldn't she stay to help her mother with the goat's-milk soap-making business, look after her grandfather who suffers from dementia, be an apprentice carpenter to old Mr Pool? And how could she leave her pet goat, Stanley, her dog Maude, and her cat Marianne? But two things happen that change everything for Kirby. She finds an article in the newspaper about her father, and Iris arrives in town. Iris is beautiful, wears crazy clothes, plays the mandolin, and seems perfect, really, thinks Kirby. Clancy has his heart set on winning over Iris. Trouble is Kirby is also falling in love with Iris...

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Steph Bowe is back. Night Swimming is a love story with a twist, and a whole lot of heart.

Reviews

'Beautiful and fresh, Girl Saves Boy is full of the absolute truth-life is complicated. I could not put it down.' Rebecca Stead 'All This Could End could well be the most entertaining novel you would have read in a while.' Magpies Magazine 'She has an ease of style that makes you feel you are eavesdropping on a real conversation, not reading cleverly crafted lines of dialogue.' ABC Radio Central West 'A funny, diverse, authentic story of family, love, musicals, crop-circles and goats.' Lili Wilkinson 'Night Swimming is at once sweet and serious; a love-letter to outsiders, the kooky and complex-it's an ode to first times and best friends...but above all else, it's a reminder of how lucky we are to have a writer like Steph Bowe in our midst.' -- Danielle Binks Alpha Reader 'Steph Bowe's latest novel is the utterly charming story of two best friends, the small town they live in and the girl they both fall for. It is a tender and humorous tale of family ties, friendship and first love.' -- Erin Gough